Geo design 5 blue & orange.pdf

Design inspired by 'Geometric design in beige, brown, orange and red, 1933' from MoDa's archive collection. <br>This project is part of Ceres Artists in Residence at MoDa, which aims to use objects from MoDA’s collections as a starting point for exploration of resist printing using natural dyes. <br><br>My Geo design is a response to the 1933 textile design. The geometric shapes depict the rhythm of an imaginary and stylised cityscape. <br>The silk was pre-mordanted with alum and dyed with carrots tops giving a pale yellow background colour. <br>The repeat pattern was screen-printed in two colours. The two colours, blue and orange were produced with plants extracts including indigo, madder, buckhorn and citric acid.<br>The photos show the final printed repeat pattern design and its different printing stages. After all the layers were printed, the fabric design was steamed and washed. <br>In this example we notice the final colours obtained are lighter and more contrasted than in their printed stage. They stand out more on the pale yellow background.